Monthly Archives: April 2014

FDA Ethicist’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest in Prenatal Dex Case

Newly available documents show conflicts of interest for the FDA ethicist who investigated a fetal drug experiment. Alice Dreger and Ellen K. Feder explain.

Strange Equations: Fraud, Harm and Sexual Agency

Emily MacKinnon and Constance Crompton argue that the 1998 Supreme Court of Canada decision, R. v. Cuerrier, changed the law of sexual assault to encompass situations of HIV non-disclosure, and that R. v. Hutchinson – a  2014 case in which the accused sabotaged condoms to impregnate his girlfriend – illustrates the problems with the Court’s […]

Seeking Accountability From CIHR for its Failed Decision-Making

Canadian health ethics researchers request action on problems at CIHR in letter to members of the Canadian Parliament and Senate.

Call-In Campaign to End Psychiatric Research Abuse at the University of Minnesota

 Carl Elliott asks for your help with getting crucial information on the suicide of Dan Markingson made public.

CIHR’s Decision on “Ethics”: Yet Another Canadian Story

Fern Brunger suggests that the recent CIHR decision to push ethics to the periphery is but one more chapter in a dangerous story.